Cast & crew
When the Whales Leave (1982)
Directed by Anatoli Nitochkin Written by Yuri Rytkheu
Cast
| Nurkanat Zhakypbay | Armol |
| Nurkanat Zhakypbay | Armol |
| Svetlana Khiltukhina | Tintin |
| Bolot Beyshenaliev | Vetly |
| Gulzhan Aspetova | The Woman |
| Akyl Kulambayev | Reu |
| Makil Kulanbayev | Reu |
| Zhanna Bichevskaya | Vocals |
| Andrey Martynov | Jerry Thompson/Narrator |
| Alexander Korshunov | Gilgil |
| Gulzhan Aspetova | The Woman |
| Valeriy Pya | Reu |
| Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya | Vocals |
| Valeriy Pya | Reu |
| Akyl Kulambayev | Reu |
| Makil Kulanbayev | Reu |
| Zhanna Bichevskaya | Vocals |
| Alexander Korshunov | Gilgil |
| Bolot Beyshenaliev | Vetly |
| Svetlana Khiltukhina | Tintin |
| Andrey Martynov | Jerry Thompson/Narrator |
| Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya | Vocals |
Crew
| Vladimir Sedov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Anatoli Nitochkin | Director |
| Lyudmila Krylova | Editor |
| Yuri Rytkheu | Book |
| Lyudmila Krylova | Editor |
| Eduard Artemyev | Original Music Composer |
| Vladimir Brusin | Director of Photography |
| Eduard Artemyev | Original Music Composer |
| Vladimir Brusin | Director of Photography |
| Vladimir Sedov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Anatoli Nitochkin | Director |
| Yuri Rytkheu | Book |
| Yuri Rytkheu | Writer |
| Yuri Rytkheu | Writer |